The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board was established in 1987 as a joint federal/provincial agency pursuant to the federal Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act and by the provincial Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act. These acts brought into law the principles established in a 1985 agreement between the federal government and the provincial government relating to offshore petroleum resources.

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